κώληψ

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• κώληξ (kṓlēx)

Etymology

From the same Pre-Greek root of κῶλον (kôlon, “member, limb”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /kɔ̌ː.lɛːps/ → /ˈko.lips/ → /ˈko.lips/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /kɔ̌ː.lɛːps/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈko.le̝ps/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈko.lips/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈko.lips/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈko.lips/

Noun

κώληψ • (kṓlēps) f (genitive κώληπος); third declension

1. (anatomy) hollow of the knee, poplit, ham

   Synonym: ἰγνύα (ignúa)

Declension

Third declension of ἡ κώληψ; τῆς κώληπος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ κώληψ hē kṓlēps	τὼ κώληπε tṑ kṓlēpe	αἱ κώληπες hai kṓlēpes
Genitive	τῆς κώληπος tês kṓlēpos	τοῖν κωλήποιν toîn kōlḗpoin	τῶν κωλήπων tôn kōlḗpōn
Dative	τῇ κώληπῐ têi kṓlēpi	τοῖν κωλήποιν toîn kōlḗpoin	ταῖς κώληψῐ / κώληψῐν taîs kṓlēpsi(n)
Accusative	τὴν κώληπᾰ tḕn kṓlēpa	τὼ κώληπε tṑ kṓlēpe	τᾱ̀ς κώληπᾰς tā̀s kṓlēpas
Vocative	κώληψ kṓlēps	κώληπε kṓlēpe	κώληπες kṓlēpes
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

• “κώληψ”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “κώληψ”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “κώληψ”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• κώληψ in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• κώληψ in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
• Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN